Due to physiological changes, pregnant women often suffer from anemia, most commonly iron-deficiency anemia. However, this is a common phenomenon and expectant mothers should not worry. I recommend using diet to supplement the body's iron needs and improve anemia. So what should an anemic pregnant woman eat to replenish blood?
Foods Rich in Iron: Foods such as duck blood soup, egg yolks, lean meat, legumes, spinach, amaranth, tomatoes, and dates have high iron content and can be consumed regularly.
Blood-Replenishing Soups:
Red Date and Longan Porridge:
Prepare 15 grams of longan meat, 5 red dates, and 50-100 grams of glutinous rice. Wash them and put them in a pot of boiling water, cook until the porridge is ready to eat. Effect: Both longan meat and red dates have blood-replenishing effects. Cooking them into porridge is especially suitable for blood-replenishing health therapy.
Red Date and Black Fungus Soup:
Regularly cook black fungus with red dates and a little red sugar to treat physical weakness and anemia. Black fungus can cool the blood, stop bleeding, nourish the qi, moisten the lungs, and nourish yin and dryness. Red dates have the undeniable effects of nourishing qi and blood, and are rich in calcium and iron. They are very effective for pregnant women with iron-deficiency anemia.
Danggui Ginger Soup:
Cook 30 grams of danggui, 6 grams of ginger, and 100 grams of lamb in a soup and consume.
Glutinous Rice and Chinese Yam Porridge:
Cook 300 grams of glutinous rice, 50 grams each of adzuki beans and Chinese yam, 20 jujubes, 30 grams of lotus seeds, and 15 grams of white kidney beans. First cook the adzuki beans and white kidney beans until they are cooked, then add the jujubes, lotus seeds, and glutinous rice to cook together. Finally, cut the peeled Chinese yam into small pieces and add to the porridge, cooking until soft and well-cooked.
I have recommended so many blood-replenishing soups for pregnant mothers. Have anemic mothers learned them all? If so, take action now. Food supplementation is better than medicinal supplementation.
